Animal attacks have been in the news a lot. Late last year, a 22-year-old student in New Jersey was killed by a black bear he had been photographing. This summer, swimmers off the coast of North Carolina…

Rates of food allergies have increased over recent decades and are at an all-time high. While we don’t know the full extent of the allergy epidemic, the rate of hospitalisation for food allergies has quadrupled…

Climate change could make your hay fever much worse, thanks to three times more pollen allergens in the air.
Serhiy Kobyakov/ShutterstockNovember 19, 2014

It’s now late spring, with summer just around the corner, and many people with hay fever suffer at this time of year in Australia. Although the cause of this suffering is invisible to us, it is actually…

Antihistamines are the first-line treatment for those with mild or occasional hay fever.
Tina Franklin/FlickrNovember 16, 2014

Three million Australian adults – 15% of the population – struggle through spring and summer with watery eyes, running nose, itchy throat and the hallmark hay fever symptom, sneezing. When people with…

Allergic reactions to food have dramatically increased over the past 10 to 20 years.
Dan Peled/AAPAugust 25, 2014